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Month: July 2016

Hey, another milestone number of beers. I’m now about 27% through my challenge, though that doesn’t sound as exciting as “one hundred.” To mark the occasion, I’ve recorded Ava singing the complete “99 Bottles of Beer.” So read beer 100, then start the video for the complete experience. I’m kidding, I’m not cruel enough to… Read More 365 Iowa beers: Beer 100! (Also 101-106)

Sorry for the delay in beer updates. After the binging of Des Moines Beer Week, I slowed down for a little bit. Plus, I got some freelance opportunities (some worked well, some not so much), so I had to shift my focus for a bit to things that pay. Maybe I’ll get paid to write… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 93-99: Back to drinking

Back in 2010, former Saturday Night Live star Rob Schneider was coming to Des Moines to do a stand-up comedy show at the Funny Bone. I was offered the opportunity to interview him. I wasn’t especially excited, mostly because I have a terrible track record of getting comedians to be funny. I’ve had some great conversations… Read More That time I talked to Rob Schneider about Harvey Pekar

I fell a little behind in getting this beer rundown written up. This assortment of beers is from visits to breweries during beer week, as well as a stop by the Iowa Craft Beer Tent at the Des Moines Arts Festival. I know that last one isn’t part of Beer Week, but it felt like… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 82-92 Des Moines Beer Week Part 2

This morning I logged onto my favorite movie forum and clicked on the thread for the upcoming Ghostbusters remake/reboot. Ever since the female leads were announced in early 2015, the discussion has largely been about how this film was basically spitting on the childhood of any male born in the 1970s. The thread has been… Read More Everyone needs to chill out about pop culture

I spent a good portion of June reading “The Girl With All the Gifts.” It was written by The Unwritten/Lucifer author Mike Carey, but it’s a novel, not a comic. There’s a film version coming out in September, directed by Col, McCarthy, who directed the entire second season of “Peaky Blinders.” Between that and “Peaky… Read More My June comics reading list